中文翻譯:
在很久很久以前的1054年7月，太空中發生了一件令人驚奇的事情！一顆叫做Crab Supernova的星星突然變得非常明亮，就像白天的太陽一樣，甚至比金星還要亮。在中國，有一些非常聰明的天文學家在7月4日的早晨，第一次看到了這顆星星。他們給這顆明亮的星星取了個名字，叫它Guest Star。這顆星星的亮光同時吸引了世界上許多不同地方的人們，大家都看到了這個奇妙的景象。這次超新星爆炸的光芒持續了23天，甚至白天也能看到！在2025年的7月26日，這張照片模擬了1054年清晨的天空，可以讓我們想像當年Hohokam人民看到這個奇觀時的反應。想像一下，如果你在古老的時代突然看到這樣的光亮，你會想些什麼呢？
原文:
One of the all-time historic skyscapes occured in July 1054, when the Crab Supernova blazed into the dawn sky. Chinese court astrologers first saw the Guest Star on the morning of 4 July 1054 next to the star Tianguan (now cataloged as Zeta Tauri). The supernova peaked in late July 1054 a bit brighter than Venus, and was visible in the daytime for 23 days. The Guest Star was so bright that every culture around the world inevitably discovered the supernova independently, although only nine reports survive, including those from China, Japan, and Constantinople. This iPhone picture is from Signal Hill near Tucson on the morning of 26 July 2025, faithfully re-creates the year 1054 Dawn of the Crab, showing the sky as seen by Hohokam peoples. The planet Venus, as a stand-in for the supernova, is close to the position of what is now the Crab Nebula supernova remnant. Step outside on a summer dawn with bright Venus, and ask yourself “What would you have thought in ancient times when suddenly seeing the Dawn of the Crab?”
來源:NASA每日圖片
